1997 Charlotte 1
Lowe's Motor Speedway
1.6 Mile Modified Oval
30 Laps/48 Miles
July 25, 1997
| Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status | Points |
| 1 | 2 | Ryan Hampton | 80 | American Instruments | Van Diemen RF96 | Ford | 30 | 0:22:05.080 | 30 |
| 2 | 4 | Matt Sielsky | 16 | Team Kool Green/Bolle/Sea Doo/Emerald Financial | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 30 | Finished | 26 |
| 3 | 3 | Zak Morioka | 27 | KFC of Brazil | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 30 | Finished | 23 |
| 4 | 8 | Robby McGehee | 18 | Hudson Foods/Energizer Battery | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 30 | Finished | 20 |
| 5 | 9 | Seth Taylor | 81 | Taylor Race Engineering | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 30 | Finished | 18 |
| 6 | 11 | Allen May | 84 | Manheim Auctions/ICG | Van Diemen RF96 | Ford | 30 | Finished | |
| 7 | 5 | Jeff Shafer | 66 | Team Kool Green | Nemesis | Ford | 30 | Finished | 14 |
| 8 | 12 | Mike Johnson | 10 | UniDial Long Distance/Valvoline/Slick Eyewear | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 30 | Finished | 13 |
| 9 | 1 | Andrea De Lorenzi | 50 | Caffe' Esse/Beta/Motorquality | Tatuus RC97 | Ford | 30 | Finished | |
| 10 | 16 | Andy Lally | 75 | Impact Sign & Design/Simtek-GMP | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 30 | Finished | 11 |
| 11 | 18 | Sam Hornish, Jr. | 7 | Hornish Bros. Trucking/Fountain City Leasing | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 30 | Finished | 10 |
| 12 | 15 | David Webb | 13 | Webb's Machine Design | Swift DB-6 | Ford | 30 | Finished | 9 |
| 13 | 29 | Augie Pabst III | 77 | Red Line Oil/Cyclo Chemical | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 30 | Finished | 8 |
| 14 | 20 | Grant Van Schalkwyk | 31 | Hollard Insurance | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 30 | Finished | 7 |
| 15 | 28 | Jerry Foyt | 41 | Z Water Works | Van Diemen | Ford | 30 | Finished | |
| 16 | 21 | Greg LeMond | 83 | Manheim Auctions/ICG | Van Diemen RF96 | Ford | 30 | Finished | 5 |
| 17 | 22 | Luciano Zangirolami | 99 | Skala/Bazar | Van Diemen | Ford | 30 | Finished | 4 |
| 18 | 32 | Cory Witherill | 67 | WSA Health Care | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 30 | Finished | 3 |
| 19 | 14 | Jeff Horne | 11 | Lakeview Concrete/West Coast Steel/Bell Helmets | Van Diemen RF96 | Ford | 29 | Flagged | 2 |
| 20 | 24 | Duncan Dayton | 4 | Tamarack Investments | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 29 | Flagged | 1 |
| 21 | 25 | Larry Foyt | 14 | Terre Haute 1st National Bank/Z Water Works | Tatuus | Ford | 29 | Flagged | |
| 22 | 10 | Mike Williams | 26 | Windstorm Racing/Cape Motorsports | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 29 | Flagged | 1 |
| 23 | 27 | Bobby Oergel | 82 | Hornish Racing | Van Diemen | Ford | 29 | Flagged | |
| 24 | 26 | Ollie Besinger | 76 | Slick Eyewear/Hidden Bay Lodge & Camps | Van Diemen RF96 | Ford | 29 | Flagged | 1 |
| 25 | 33 | Jeff Smith | 33 | Terre Haute 1st National Bank/L. Bird's T. C. | Citation | Ford | 29 | Flagged | 1 |
| 26 | 30 | Ennis Bragg | 44 | Racing Communications/Tyson's Print Shop | Reynard | Ford | 29 | Flagged | |
| 27 | 37 | Larry Vatri | 25 | Newark Parcel Service/Batteries Plus | Swift DB-6 | Ford | 28 | Flagged | |
| 28 | 31 | Alejandro García | 12 | Dixie Numerics/CrestCap | Van Diemen | Ford | 28 | Flagged | 1 |
| 29 | 36 | David Bleke | 87 | WXIR/Springer Amoco | Chevron B67 | Ford | 27 | Flagged | 1 |
| 30 | 23 | Tom Wood | 20 | Round-Up Well Service/Round-Up Resource Service | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 22 | Mechanical | 1 |
| 31 | 38 | Jon Herb | 55 | Coca-Cola/PPG/International Star Registry | Van Diemen RF96 | Ford | 21 | Mechanical | |
| 32 | 13 | Tim Duit | 34 | TTK Construction/Hooten Oil | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 18 | Mechanical | (1) |
| 33 | 34 | Scott Dick | 40 | Valco Cincinnati/US Savings Bank | Van Diemen | Ford | 16 | Mechanical | 1 |
| 34 | 17 | Urubatan Helou, Jr. | 9 | BrasPress | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 15 | Wrecked | (1) |
| 35 | 19 | Don Burgoon | 3 | Performance Friction | Tatuus RC97 | Ford | 13 | Mechanical | 1 |
| 36 | 6 | David Rutledge | 78 | Fleming Financial | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 11 | Wrecked | 1 |
| 37 | 7 | Buddy Rice | 19 | Red Line Oil/Motorsport Spares/J. Schnovel/Lodi | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | 8 | Mechanical | (1) |
| 38 | 35 | Lance Spragins | 25 | Lanco/Lufthansa Cargo | Van Diemen | Ford | 4 | Mechanical | |
| -- | -- | Ric Rushton | 15 | DSTP Motorsports | Van Diemen RF97 | Ford | -- | Did not qualify |
B Class Results
| Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status | Points |
| 1 | 1 | David Webb | 13 | Webb's Machine Design | Swift DB-6 | Ford | 30 | Finished | 31 |
| 2 | 2 | Ennis Bragg | 44 | Racing Communications/Tyson's Print Shop | Reynard | Ford | 29 | Flagged | |
| 3 | 4 | Larry Vatri | 25 | Newark Parcel Service/Batteries Plus | Swift DB-6 | Ford | 28 | Flagged | |
| 4 | 3 | David Bleke | 87 | WXIR/Springer Amoco | Chevron B67 | Ford | 27 | Flagged | 20 |